ML23230A006
| ML23230A006 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 99902078, 05200050 |
| Issue date: | 08/22/2023 |
| From: | Getachew Tesfaye NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB |
| To: | Matthew Mitchell NRC/NRR/DNRL/NRLB |
| References | |
| Download: ML23230A006 (4) | |
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August 22, 2023 MEMORANDUM TO: Matthew A. Mitchell, Chief (Acting)
New Reactor Licensing Branch Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Getachew Tesfaye, Senior Project Manager /RA/
New Reactor Licensing Branch Division of New and Renewed Licenses Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SUMMARY
OF THE JULY 26, 2023, OBSERVATION PUBLIC MEETING ON THE STATUS OF NUSCALES US460 STANDARD DESIGN APPROVAL APPLICATION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held an observation public meeting on July 26, 2023, to discuss topics related to NuScale LLCs (NuScale) US460 Standard Design Approval application (SDAA) (NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Accession No. ML22339A066). This meeting was part of a periodic NRC and NuScale management engagement to discuss the status of the application, technical topics of interest, project processes and workflows. The meeting consisted of open and closed portions.
During the open portion of the meeting, the NRC staff gave an overview of the current status of the NuScale application that has been tendered but not docketed because of the technical sufficiency issues related to density wave oscillation (DWO) phenomena. The staff noted that NuScale has made two submittals, on July 14, 2023 (ML23195A092) and July 17, 2023 (ML23198A244), in response to the NRC request for supplemental information (RSI) contained in the NRC March 17, 2023, acceptance review letter (ML23058A160). The staff further noted that these two submittals are being reviewed to determine if the SDA application is acceptable for docketing.
In addition to the RSI, the staff discussed the current status of the identified focus items that are needed to support a reliable schedule development (FISDs), and the High Impact Technical Issues (HITIs) contained in the in the NRC acceptance review letter (ML23058A160). Both FISDs and HITIs are being addressed in the SDAA Phase A review audit for part of the application not impacted by the DWO RSI. As of July 14, 2023, the staff noted that 36 FISDs and 13 HITIs have been identified in the audit and are at various stages of resolution. The staff also noted that it has issued an audit status report on June 20, 2023 (ML23151A119).
CONTACT: Getachew Tesfaye 301-415-8013
M. Mitchell The staff also presented the statuses of the eight Licensing Topical Reports (LTRs) submitted in the pre-application phase and the four LTRs submitted with the SDA application. The review of five of the LTRs submitted in the pre-application phase is completed and the remaining three are near completion. The four LTRs that were submitted at same time as the SDA application are being reviewed concurrently with the SDA applications safety review (i.e., three of the LTRs are included in the Phase A safety review audit and the sufficiency of the DWO LTR is being evaluated in RSI audit. Additionally, NuScale plans to submit three LTRs by the end of 2023 to support future licensing applications.
The closed portion of the meeting was held to discuss proprietary items. The areas discussed in the closed portion of the meeting can be found in ML23230A048 (proprietary). The major takeaways from the closed meeting are captured under action items in ML23230A005 (proprietary).
The public meeting notice dated July 26, 2023, was posted on the NRC public website, and can be found in ML23200A001. Information related to presentation can be found under ML23230A007 (nonproprietary). The enclosure to this summary provides a list of the meeting participants.
Docket Nos.: 99902078 and 05200050
Enclosure:
List of Attendees cc w/encl.: NuScale Power, LLC Listserv
Pkg: ML23230A004 Memo: ML23230A006 Action Items: ML23230A005 (Proprietary)
Slides: ML23230A007 (Nonproprietary)
Slides: ML23230A048 (Proprietary) *via email NRR-106 OFFICE DNRL/NRLB: PM DNRL/NLIB: LA DNRL/NRLB: PM NAME GTesfaye SGreen SJoseph DATE 08/16/2023 08/18/2023 08/21/2023 OFFICE DNRL/NRLB: BC DNRL/NRLB: PM NAME MMitchell GTesfaye DATE 08/21/2023 08/22/2023 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SUMMARY
OF THE JULY 26, 2023, OBSERVATION PUBLIC MEETING ON THE STATUS OF NUSCALES US460 STANDARD DESIGN APPROVAL APPLICATION LIST OF ATTENDEES July 26, 2023 Name Organization Rob Taylor NRC Andrea Kock NRC Mike Dudek NRC Getachew Tesfaye NRC Brian Smith NRC Rebecca Patton NRC Joe Donoghue NRC Meena Khana NRC Nick Taylor NRC Taylor Lamb NRC Thomas Hayden NRC Stacy Joseph NRC Bian Wittick NRC MJ Ross NRC Shanlai Lu NRC Antonio Barrett NRC Omid Tabatabai NRC Clinton Hobbs NRC Jana Bergman NRC Ryan Nolan NRC Carrie Fosaaen NuScale Mark Shaver NuScale Tom Griffith NuScale Robert Gamble NuScale Karen Feldman NuScale Sarah Fields Uranium Watch Enclosure 1